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Famous
Building
Intertwined
With
Country's
History
Rich in
Noble
Memories
A building of serenity una syin
jmetry. of lino amplitude, a gracious,
alluring building, rich in noble mem
Jorles, yet touched also with ii living
iswootness; such Is the beautiful old
jStnto house in Philadelphia, often re
jferred to as Independence hall. And
jit stood her?, and was even then a
building of age and dignity, when Sir
Walter Scott said to Washington Irv
ilng. with a tolerant condescension
Svhlch he meant to be flattering. "The
,vast aboriginal trees that have shel
tored the Indians before the intrusion
of the white man, are the monuments
.n.nl antiquities of your country!"
Scott was quite Ignorant of the fact
that America had architecture; to him,
our country had merely trees, til
it hough this building, and some other
.American buildings, were richer in
beauty and In noble association than
quite a number of those in his own
land of which he wrote with such en
thusiasm. Scott was deeply impressed by the
thought of our Illimitable forests. lie
longed to see one, as Dickens longed
to see an American prairie. And had
U'coft come over hew, and had he seen
not only a forest but this State house.
Ills Imagination would have been tired,
'and he might have written a great
novel about America, rich In details
of the Revolutionary lenders, with the
picturesque John Hancock. In scarlet
coat and cocked hat with black cock
eye, entering this building to preside
lit the signing of the Declaration. . . .
Beautiful in Many Ways.
The State liou.se, "Independence
Hall." was planned In 1721) .and com
pleted, except as to wing anJ tower,
Jive years later; quite old enough, one
sees, to satisfy even a Walter Scott!
Hut it must not be thought that it Is
beautiful or interesting principally on
Account of age. Age adds to a beauti
ful building the salt and savor of time,
the romantic patina, literal or meta
phorical, that comes witli the decades,
ijlut this State house is beautiful in
jltsolf; It was beautiful when It was
voting ami new; it will remain beauti
ful as long as it stands, with Its tradi
tions growing more interesting with
time. After all, Philadelphia was the
largest and richest Colonial city of
Oreat Britain, and so It was natural
(hat a line administrative structure
kIk-uIiI be built here. And It was put
t j In the same period which saw the
construction of two other admirable
state houses, that of Boston (not the
stately pillared building of the pres
Crowd Listening to the Late Senator
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ent time, but the delightful ancient
state house), and the charming Stnto
house of Annapolis. All three are
lessons In good taste, in positive
beauty. And the Philadelphia struc
ture Is the finest of the three. . . .
The State house is a beautiful
building, nlike in its mass effects and
In Its smallest details, in the views of
it from the exterior or In rooms
within. Its fncade is exactly centered,
and similarly winged and arcaded at
right nnd left. It is beautiful and It Is
balanced.
Viewed From the Outside.
Seen from Independence square,
which Is u large open spaoe, stone
paved, with Intervening surfaces of
grass and fair-sized trees, It is a tow
ered building of time-mellowed brick,
with white window stones, with small
ish pillared doorway beneath a tower
built outside the lines of the main
building, nnd, over this doorway, a
splendid Palladian window. Above
are cornicings, and n fetching, bulg
ing, bow-fronted window, and above
this is n clock-tower, square at the
bottom and rising in eight-sided dimi
nutions to a six-sided narrow pinnacle
which Is topped ly a trident-like
weathervane of gilt.
Unter beneath the triple Palladian
window, with Its heavy muntlus, nnd
passing by the foot.of the finest stairs
In America, you enter a broad and
brick-paved central hall; and there
comes the sense of a glory of white,
with touches of mahogany and darkish
green.
The rooms are serenely beautiful ;
they are dignified, large and light;
there are pillars and pilasters, there
are charming cornices, there are pan
els; In every direction one sees beau
tiful comers or vistas or entrance
ways. The views through the arches
of the room of the Supreme court,
Into nnd across the Hall of the Sign
ing, defined by those three pllastered
arches, Is astonishingly effective.
At the foot of the wonderful stairs
now stands the Liberty bell, upon
which may stilt be read the Bible
verse which loug beforo the Revolu
tion was cast upon It by Its makers:
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the
laud, upon all the inhabitants thereof."
Problem Before People.
There Is abundant room for im
provement, but the point Is that Im
provement consists for the most part
In adherence to the original plan, or
at most In slight changer, or modifica
tions, such as have been mnde from
time to time not all of which, by the
way, have proved to be wise. The
problem is one of applying sound nnd
well-tried principles lo life, removing
obstacles to the elllclent working of
tested machinery, and realizing In
thought and act the noblest Ideals.
From this point of view, the attitude
of Americans should be appreciative
and grateful, rather than crlllcal. To
turn for light from America to Russia
Is very like turning from Christianity
to voodoolsm. To judge America or
Knox Deliver Independence Day Addreso, at Independence Hdll, Last Year.
Aincrlcnnlsm by the worst features of
our national life, or by our failures, Is
much as it would be to judge Chris
tianity by the lives of those who, pro
fessing a belief in It, have been trait
ors to It. There Is much to alarm
and dishearten, but there Is also much
to cheer and give hope, nnd nbundant
reason and ground for faith. So we
of all people ought to be able to "greet
the unseen with a cheer." We are
facing not the twilight with Its
shadows, but the glories of the dawn.
Therefore, the American Is, as well be
may be, the most hopeful of the sons
of men.
Many Lovely Vistas.
The stair mounts, ramp by ramp,
within the great tower; a broad stair
with broad treads and low risers ; and
on the second lloor, ns on the first,
there are everywhere long nnd lovely
vistas of distinction. And on the sec
ond floor is a great banqueting hall,
entered through a delicately bell
flowered doorway topped by a beauti
ful fanlight, occupying the entire
length of the building; and at each
end of the great room is a brond fire
place, with the Intent that the two
shall flicker at each other with fine
ness of effect. . . .
A tang of especial distinction Is
given to the admirable Chestnut street
face of the State house by the un
usually high keystones, of marble,
which center the brick above each of
the ample windows and rise Into a
band of dnrk gray mnrblo that ex
tends across the entire one hundred
and seven feet of the building's front ;
and by a line, above this band, of nine
panels of marble, beneath the win
dows of the second lloor. The quoins
on the comers, and the fine wooden
cornice and balustrade, add still
further distinction ; nnd In nil It Is n
noble and distinguished building, rich
in noble nnd dlstlngushed memories.
Robert Shacklcton In "The Book of
Philadelphia."
Not a Meaningless Document.
It is the fashion among some today
to belittle the Declaration of Inde
pendence as a meaningless document,
as a mere gesture which those who
framed and signed It did not Intend
to be followed with deeds. Nothing Is
more false. Nor is it true that In the
essentials the evolution of the United
States lias departed from the Ideal
that was In that paper given expres
sion. Those who signed the Declara
tion knew perfectly well that they
could not create n nation by a mere
stroke of the pen and were aware of
the tremendous dldlcultles ahead, not
merely those of liberation, but those
of construction and organization. They
knew that they were but taking the
first step and that in the long Journey
there would be departures from the
straight path.
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The war hns mnde tablo linen very
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Use It and see. All grocers. Adver
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UPHELD THE FAMILY DIGNITY
Little Ethel's Brave Attempt to Con
ccal What She Felt Must Be
Matter of Poverty.
Little Ethel was an only child and
one day, when the minister called sho
was told to entertain him in the par
lor until her mother could see him.
A few minutes later the mother,
on her way downstairs, heard the vis
itor ask Ethel how many brothers nnd
sisters she had, and, to tier surprise
and consternation, the little miss an
swered, "Seven."
Although somewhat perturbed, tho
mother made no comment upon tho
remark of her little daughter, but sent
her out to piny.
After the minister nnd left, tho
child was taken to tusk and asked why
she had snld there were seven children,
Ethel replied:
"Because I didn't wnnt that strango
gentleman to know that you wero so
poor that you didn't have but ono
child." Everybody's Magazine.
Electricity's March.
In less than 20 years the electricity
produced In America has Incrensed
more than 15 times, until It Is now
five times greater than the energy that
every mnn in tho nation could put forth
In a year, working eight hours a day.
Obeisance to the real "bear for work!"
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The Old
Carriage Maker
Had an
Important Truth
AO make each part as strong as the rest," was his way of "building
a wonderful, one-horse chaise that wouldn't wear out till judgment day."
This illustrates n fact that is keeping many doctors busy these days
human bodies, like chaises, break, down because some part isn't as
strong as the others.
Very often it's because of ill-balanced food, lacking in some impor
j, tant element of nutrition. This is especially true of ills developed in
childhood, and carried on through life.
Grape-Nuts, that world-famous, ready-to-eat cereal, brings the plan
of building each part as strong as the rest to serve human need. Grape
Nuts contains all the nutriment of those best of the field grains, wheat
and barley, including the vital mineral elements, and it is a wonderful
food for building and sustaining health and strength.
The delicious flavor and crispness of Grape-Nuts make it a wel
come dish whenever you're hungry. .
GrapeNuts
Made
WHY SOME MEN GO INSANE
Kind of Office "Help" With Which
Most of Us Are Moro or Less
Familiar.
The- Colorado building bonHts tho
"dumbest" girl In nil Washington, ns
sorts tho Post of thnt city. She's u
nectarine, u pippin' and a peach. Re
cently her boss, who Is a very busy,
bellowing sort of man, told her to get
Agriculture on tho telephone. She
Jumped for a phone directory.
1 Time wore on. Late afternoon
camo. Tho boss had been engrossed
In matters of grave Importance, nnd
It was nearly 4 :30 before ho suddenly
recalled that Annie hndn't reported
on his morning phone call.
"Annie," ho thundered, "whore's my
Agriculture call?"
"Why, I'm sorry, sir, but ho hnsn't
got n phone."
"Who hasn't got a phone?"
"Why, Mr. Culture, sir. I looked
through nil tho C's and all tho K's,
sir, and I couldn't find Mr. Agra Cul
ture's name in, cither list, sir."
That Swatl
Yesterday's newspaper still hns
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tho decimation of tho common, low
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NOT WHOLLY LOVE MATCH
Mrs. Mcintosh Had Other Reason
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Matrimonial Venture.
Slio wns n comely widow, nnd, more
over, slio wns Scotch. Slio mourned
Macintosh, her Into husbnnd, for eight
een months, nnd then from n llock of
suitors choso honest, homely Mncln
tyre for her second.
"I'm no guld enough for ye, denr!"
ho whispered. "Whnt for did yo
choose me oot o' sue mony?"
"Ah, well, ye see, your mime's Mnc
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"nil my linen Is marked 'Mel,' thnt's
why, Donald."
Shocking?
"Thero will have to be sorno new
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notice," said the girl In tho telephone
olllce to the chief clerk.
"Why, what's the matter?"
"Well, some of tho things said over
tho wiro are not fit for me to hear."
"Oh, tint's all right," wns tho flip
pant answer. "You can't expect to
work round electricity and not get
shocked."
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We See the Point.
Thero seems to bo n great opening
for humorists In the states. George S.
Chappcll, who wrote that spoof South
Sea Island epic, "Tho Cruise of tho
Kawo," seems on tho strength of It
to luivo sprung Into prominence at
once. lie Is now, of course, lecturing;'
on what he forgot to put Into tho
book, and nppenrs before his nudlencca
wearing a polo helmet which ho states
Is "tho original helmet worn by Mnrco
Polo during the first chukka I" A repu
tation ns a wag seems moro enslly
gained over thero tbnn on this side of
tho pond! Passing Show, London,
Locomotive's Good Record.
In a Wyoming . conl mine there la
nn electrical mine locomotivo that la
still going strong after 27 years. Jp
has hauled 3,712,000 tons of coal nrj
average of 1.5 miles. Many n inula
has gone to n quiet grave In that
period : for mules may come and mules
may go, but nn electric locomotivo
goes all the time.
Don't blame tho smoking lnmp It
It suits the Indolent owner.
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BULDER
Mich.1
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